2:56 PM Italian time: Apollo 15: David Scott, returning from the Lunar Rover tour, before reentering the LM, announces: “In my left hand I have a feather. In my right hand, a hammer… Where would be a better place than on the moon to confirm Galileo’s findings?” He releases the two objects simultaneously, which slowly reach the ground at the same time, and a roar of applause comes from Mission Control; Scott adds: “Nothing like a little science on the moon.”
